Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| often / late / is / John |
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| go on holiday / almost never / My parents |
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| She / very often / in blue / dresses |
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| what to say / know / I / never |
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| hardly ever / eat / I / oranges |
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| Tom / will / if you need it / rarely / help you |
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| soup / have / every other day / We |
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| never / find / You / your car keys / can |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| listens / when you talk to her / She / rarely |
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| Do / at home? / usually / you / have lunch |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| They / usually / need / some help with the homework |
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| They / listen / can / never |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / am / in the mornings. / very tired / usually |
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| some petrol / need / I travel a lot. I / every other day. |
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| I / day in, day out / shopping / have to go |
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| once a year / go / to the dentist / I / usually |
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| always / She / asking me questions / is |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| Do / you / often / feel tired? |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| she / me / Yesterday, / twice / phoned |
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| once a month / go / I / to the hairdresser's / usually |
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| win / Kevin / Does / ? / always |
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| in green? / dress / I / Can / always |
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| I / get up / at 8 a.m. / always |
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| it / five times / saw / I |
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| breaks down / several times a year / My car |
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| Do / you / every day / ? / to the gym / go |
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| pizza / for dinner / Mike / often / eats |
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| go / you / How / to the disco? / do / often |
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| to the gym / I / go / three times a week |
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| My parents / come / very often / to help me |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
